Build Your House on the Rock

^24 (A)“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like ^(B)a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. ²⁶ And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like ^(C)a foolish man who built his house on the sand. ²⁷ And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

¹⁶ But ^(A)blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. ^17 (B)For truly, I say to you, ^(C)many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

⁵⁰ For ^(A)whoever ^(B)does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

True Blessedness

²⁷ As he said these things, ^(A)a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, ^(B)“Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” ²⁸ But he said, ^(C)“Blessed rather are those ^(D)who hear the word of God and ^(E)keep it!”

¹⁷ If you know these things, ^(A)blessed are you if you do them.

³⁰ “As for you, ^(A)son of man, ^(B)your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’ ^31 (C)And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for ^(D)with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

¹⁸ They are to do good, ^(A)to be rich in good works, to be generous and ^(B)ready to share, ¹⁹ thus ^(C)storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may ^(D)take hold of ^(E)that which is truly life.